Chapter 493

“I’d quite like to try,” Bianca said, her voice brimming with confidence. If she could become Halley’s student, she would be firmly established in the world of high finance. Once she had a foothold there, the world would be her oyster.
Halley left halfway through the meal, feigning an excuse. He was bored.
To his dismay, when he got home, Noreen was still there.
His face darkened. “Why haven’t you left?”
“I was waiting for you, of course,” Noreen said, giving the housekeeper a subtle nod. The housekeeper immediately brought over a bowl of medicine.
Halley hated both injections and medicine. He turned to flee, but Noreen anticipated his move and blocked his path. “Dr. Harrison waited a long time to source some of these rare ingredients. Don’t let them go to waste.”
“Do I have to drink it?” Halley asked, making a final stand.
“You have to.”
In the end, he relented. He knew how stubborn she could be.
Only after he had downed the medicine did Noreen mention that she needed his help.
Halley snorted. “I was beginning to think you’d never ask.”
He was well aware of the rumors circulating in their circle and had been watching to see how far Noreen could get on her own. He was like a strict mentor, observing her as she stumbled forward. He wouldn’t help her up if she fell; he wanted her to learn to get up on her own. He would only intervene if she fell hard and asked for a hand. This was the first time she had asked for his help since starting her own company.
“So, you only brought me medicine because you wanted a favor?” the old man grumbled.
Noreen sighed. “Dr. Harrison just managed to get all the ingredients together. The timing is a coincidence. I was hoping he could check on you today, but you ran off.”
Mollified, Halley relented. “Fine, I’ll help you. But on one condition.”
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The next morning, Noreen had a meeting with another accounting firm, so she asked Carman Holt to attend the government conference in her place. Padgett Novak called her personally to ask when sh would be arriving. He sounded disappointed when she told him she couldn’t make it.
Just after he hung up, Henry Brooke arrived. “What’s wrong?” he asked, seeing Padgett’s glum face.
“Noreen has something else to attend to.”
Henry frowned, a flicker of concern for Padgett crossing his features The man seemed to be falling kard Justas Henry as about to offer a
word of caution, Carman arrived.
Padgett immediately went to greet him. “Mr. Holt, long time no see.”
“It has been a while.”
Padgett introduced Carman to
Henry. Upon learning that he was the engineer who had developed had developed InnoCore reated him with.
courtesy. As more people arrived, Padgett moved on to greet them, leaving Henry and Carman to talk.
“You know,” Henry began casually, “if Aurelion Group had managed the InnoCore project from the start, it probably would have gone public by now.”
Bianca had told him that Noreen had stolen the project from her. He wasn’t trying to get it back; he just felt the need to stand up for Bianca.
Carman just smiled faintly. “Things are good now. Ms. Gilmore is incredibly dedicated to InnoCore. In fact, without her, InnoCore wouldn’t exist today.”
Henry’s frown deepened. This Carman fellow didn’t seem to get it.
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